>[snip] >> I hate when vendors like ATI, Conexant and UPEK publish binary drivers >> without publishing the chipset spec... They should decide whether >> their IP is on the software part or on the hardware part, if it is on >> the hardware part, they are making money in selling the hardware. If >> it is on the software part, there is no reason why not providing the >> information for others to write software to work with the primitive >> hardware. So in either case there should be full hardware interface >> disclosure. It's time some Taiwanese company starts manufacturing graphics chips (and do it like wireless were code is mostly released) Jan Engelhardt -- -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/